Tesco is to hand pig farmers £6.6m in additional support, taking the total to £10m, after warnings that a slew of producers could go out of business. The UK’s biggest supermarket said farmers would get £6.6m until August on top of £3.4m handed out since March under an “accelerated and enhanced payment plan”, after being […]
Elon Musk has suggested that he could seek to pay a lower price for Twitter, as the social media company’s would-be owner expressed further concerns about the presence of fake accounts on the platform. The Tesla CEO said reducing his agreed $54.20 per share offer wouldn’t be “out of the question”, days after putting the […]
Tens of thousands of apprenticeships could be created and hundreds of millions of pounds saved if the flawed apprenticeships levy were reformed, according to a survey of members by the British Retail Consortium. Five years on from the levy’s introduction, 26 national retailers have told the business lobby group that they could each create about […]
Workers should “think and reflect” on whether to ask for pay rises because they risk fuelling inflation, the governor of the Bank of England has said. Speaking at the treasury select committee, Andrew Bailey said there was a “societal question” about whether people should be pushing for pay rises. Bailey, who earns £575,000 a […]
Ofgem has come under fire for extending rules that will effectively prevent energy suppliers from offering deals that are significantly cheaper than the price cap if wholesale costs fall. Martin Lewis, of MoneySavingExpert, said that the changes “sell consumers down the river” and were “killing hopes of firms launching cheaper deals”. Citizens Advice, the […]
Working from home is more popular in Britain than in continental Europe and North America, with commuting journeys down by more than a fifth since pandemic restrictions were eased. Figures from Google’s Mobility Report show that journeys to work were 22 per cent lower last Thursday, the busiest day of the week for commuting, relative […]
A right royal knees-up might be occurring at the palace, but four in ten of Britain’s workers won’t be off work on the Queen’s platinum jubilee bank holiday. According to a recent survey 18% confessed they will miss out completely while one in ten are planning on taking it another day. And a further […]
A right royal knees-up might be occurring at the palace, but four in ten of Britain’s workers won’t be off work on the Queen’s platinum jubilee bank holiday. According to a recent survey 18% confessed they will miss out completely while one in ten are planning on taking it another day. And a further […]
A right royal knees-up might be occurring at the palace, but four in ten of Britain’s workers won’t be off work on the Queen’s platinum jubilee bank holiday. According to a recent survey 18% confessed they will miss out completely while one in ten are planning on taking it another day. And a further […]
The UK’s biggest business membership organisation, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), has launched a flagship new digital resources hub to support and encourage LGBT+ entrepreneurship, and promote inclusivity in workplaces. FSB’s ‘Let’s Grow Business Together’ initiative has been backed by the government’s Equalities Minister, Mike Freer MP. It is also backed by prominent […]